Broadway / Unknown Artist - Red Alert Promo - 1995

Today, my man Umberto is back with an unknown record released in 1995 on Dick Charles Recording :

"Hey Fellas, Sup? hope ya feelin' good today !! it's time for a midweek Hip Hop Heater ! Wot you see here is an unreleased Acetate from 1995 with 2 Artists! Side A is a Dj Red Alert Special called "Red Alert Promo" by "Dione Barnes" better known as "Broadway". This Tune's definitely unreleased, most definitely recorded exclusively for "Kool Dj Red Alert". 

Unfortunately there's no Label on Side B, first I thought it's a single sided Acetate, but in fact there's another mega dope Tune. Very smooth & Jazzy Hip Hop with an amazing female MC and a bad ass Dj. The Lady sounds very familiar but I am not able to ID that Song. When it comes to stuff newer than 1994 I am not the best, so maybe some of my younger Hip Hop Heads can help me out. Would love to know who this is, as it's dope as hell !!! 

So I can only talk about the A-Side Artist "Broadway", he appeared on the Scene in the early 90s. He was member of the Group "Strickly Roots". Between 1992 and 1994 they released 3 dope 12" Singles ("Duck Da Boyz / Get 'N Open ‎1992", "Beg No Friends 1993", "Strickly Roots Flava 1994") and one dope Album in 1993 "Strickly Friends (Begs No Friends)". In 1996 "Broadway" released his first Solo Single, "Must stay paid / Enjoy yourself" which came out on "Wreck Records". One year later in 1997 he had a dope Bonus Song on "Buckshot's" "No Joke" Single called "Freestyle". Still in 1997 he released his last Record "Will to survive", last year I posted the Acetate of this one. 

I took my time and recorded sound samples of both songs on this Acetate, in my first comment you find the youtube clip of "Red Alert Promo" by "Broadway" and in my second comment you find the youtube clip of the B-Side Song, hope that anyone can tell me who this is as I really dig this tune !!!! So check em' both out, Mid90s Hip Hop Freshness! I wish you all a great day .... Peace"  Umberto Massimiliano Lampasona 

Please if you know the name of the unknown Female Mc,  let us know asap !!!! 

Big L - Devil’s Son EP (From The Vaults) - 2017

EP - 2017 - Sony Legacy 

I'm not a huge fan of Record Store Day but the new catalog is out and there is maybe one interesting release in it : Big L - Devil’s Son EP (from The Vaults) ... No tracklist available for now but five unreleased tracks are announced. 

"Harlem rapper Big L (1974-1999) helped pioneer the horrorcore subgenre of hiphop in his short but notable career with his underground track “Devil’s Son,” a song recorded but deemed too controversial for 1995’s Lifestyles Ov Da Poor & Dangerous. “Devil’s Son” is released on 12” vinyl alongside an instrumental version plus four legendary and long-bootlegged unreleased tracks from the Lifestyles Ov Da Poor & Dangerous sessions"

Release Date: April 22nd 2017

More Info coming soon , stay tuned ...

Styles That Burn - Arsonists

From Stress magazine Issue#10 - 1997 - Scan courtesy of Max The Keeper

12" - 1996 - Fondle'Em 

Mix : Spek the Rchitek Presents ButtaPhat Mix

00. Intro

01. Mobb Deep - If It's Alright

02. Edo.G - 304's

03. Transition 1 [Ill Biskits - Chill Factor (Instrumental)]

04. Lower Level - I Can Break It Down

05. Smif-N-Wessun - Home Sweet Home

06. Pitch Black - Analyze The Program

07. Microphone Pager - 鬼哭啾啾 (Instrumental)

08. Hype Da Madman - Real MC's

09. Das EFX - Here It Is (Instrumental)

10. The Fab 5 - Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka (Instrumental)

11. Smoke No Bones Feat. Roger Beaujolais - V-V-V-Vibes

12. Citizen Kane - Structure, Foundation (What's The Plan)

13. Tony D - Adam's Revenge

14. Showbiz & AG - You Know Now (Buckwild Remix Instrumental)

15. Das EFX - Microphone Master (Instrumental)

16. Reign - Indestructible (Instrumental)

17. Omniscence - Touch Y'All (Remix 1)

18. Emskee - Any Rapper

19. Darc Mind - Outside Lookin In (Instrumental)

20. Transition 2 [SHI - Open Your Eyes (Instrumental)]

21. DNA - Bronx Criminal County

22. Transition 3 

23. Smoked Out Productions - Bok Bok

24. Artifacts - Lower Da Boom (Instrumental)

25. Funkdoobiest - Dedicated (Jazzy Jeff Mix)

26. Mad African & Little Red - Funk Zone

27. Roughneck Soldiers - Kill Or Be Killed (Instrumental)

28. 108 Dragons - Terry Bogard

29. Pop Megga - Ghetto News
30. Mack Da Maniak - What Goes Up (BQE 86MPH Version)

Free Download 

Props to Spek The Rchitek

Diggers Vault Records present Raw Tape #1: The Ticket

Mixtape - 2017 - Diggers Vault Records 

Diggers Vault Records present Raw Tape #1: The Ticket mixed by Dj Ridter. 

More info here .

Book : Jamel Shabazz: Sights in the City , New York Photographs - 2017

New Jamel Shabazz 's Book will be out soon (April 25th 2017) published by Damiani. Introduction by Marla Hamburg Kennedy and interview by Cheryl Dunn. 

"During the summer of 1980, under the direction of his photographer father, Jamel Shabazz armed himself with a Canon AE1 SLR camera and began to photograph the landscape of his native New York City. Photographing in the streets put Shabazz right in the heart of all of the action; he carried his camera everywhere he went, from Harlem to Times Square, the Lower East Side to downtown Brooklyn, always set and at the ready. Like a fisherman seeking a fruitful catch, Shabazz ventured into locations full of life and uncertainty in hopes of capturing a unique moment. Consisting of 120 color and black-and-white photographs taken between 1985 and the 2000s, most of which have never been published, Sights in the City is the testament of Shabazz’s visual journey."

Pre-order your Book now !

Album Review : EPMD - Business Never Personal - 1992

LP - 1992 - Rush Associated Labels / Def Jam 

From The Source - August 1992 

The Awesome Two (Special K & Teddy Tedd) - June 18, 1994 - WNWK

The Awesome Two (Special K & Teddy Tedd) 105.9 WNWK June 18, 1994

Snoop Dog Ft. Nate Dogg - St Ides In The LBC

Warren G - Do You See

Talk Break

Gravediggaz - Diary Of A Madman

Mad Lion - Take It Easy

Erule - Listen Up

Black Moon - Enta Da Stage

Dredknots - Causin' A Menace

O.C. - Time's Up

Talk Break

Extra Prolific - In 20 Minutes

Beatnuts - Props Over Here

Jeru The Damaja - You Can't Stop The Prophet

Nice & Smooth - Blunts

Talk Break

Heavy D & The Boyz - Nuttin' But Love

MC Shan - I Pioneered This

Talk Break

King T – Dippin'

Rampage - Beware Of The Rampsack

Talk Break

Mic Geronimo - It's Real

Talk Break

Crazy Sam & Da Verbal Assassins ‎– My Hoodie

Talk Break
The Furious Five - Sun Don't Shine In The Hood

Tracklist done by Jamo . Props to Dj Eclipse